The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday restated its commitment to resume the search for oil in the Chad Basin.
It said this would be done as soon as it gets security clearance.
The Corporation’s Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, dropped the hint when Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed visited him in Abuja.
He said: “We will go back there as soon as we receive security clearance. There seems to be some prospects there because Niger Republic drilled over 600 wells and now they are producing while we have only drilled 23.”
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Oil search in the Chad Basin was suspended after a team of NNPC Frontier Exploration Services and their consultants from the University of Maiduguri were attacked and some of them abducted on July 25, 2017.
He commended the people of Bauchi and Gombe states, especially communities in the exploration area for their support and hospitality, while assuring them of NNPC’s support in the provision of infrastructure and amenities.
On the proposed Institute of Petroleum Studies to be established in Bauchi State University, Dr. Baru pledged the support of NNPC and assured the governor of synergy between the institution and the Petroleum Training Institute, Warri, for exchange programs and manpower development.
The governor said his visit was to seek collaboration with the corporation on how to move the state forward.
“We are happy that we have some hydrocarbon not only in Bauchi but also in Gombe both in the Gongola Basin, and we are totally committed to the exploration activities of the NNPC in the area”, Mohammed said.
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